WHOG (1120
AM) is a
radio station
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licensed
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to serve
Hobson City, Alabama
Hobson City is a town in Calhoun County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 759. It is included in the Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Statistical Area. Hobson City was Alabama's first self-governed all-black municipalit ...
, United States. The station is owned by Hobson City Broadcasting Company.
1120 AM
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 1120 kHz: 1120 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency. KMOX in St. Louis, Missouri is the dominant station on 1120 AM.
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is United States
clear-channel
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frequency.
WHOG airs a "Smooth Soul and R&B" format to the
Anniston, Alabama
Anniston is the county seat of Calhoun County in Alabama and is one of two urban centers/principal cities of and included in the Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 23,106. Acco ...
, area.
History
This station received its original
construction permit
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from the
Federal Communications Commission
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on May 1,
1987
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.
The new station was assigned the call letters WHOX by the FCC on June 9, 1987.
The station, while under construction, changed its call letters to WJOK on November 1,
1988
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, and again to the current WHOG call letters on December 28,
1990
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.
After several extensions to its construction permit, WHOG received its
license to cover from the FCC on April 29, 1991.
References
External links
93.5 The Hog Facebook
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Radio stations established in 1991
Urban adult contemporary radio stations in the United States
Mass media in Calhoun County, Alabama
1991 establishments in Alabama
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